A benchmark theoretical study of the electron affinities of benzene and linear acenes

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 129, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Hajgato B ^a   Deleuze, M S ^a   Tozer, D J ^b   De Proft, F ^c  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; BENCHMARKING; BENZENE; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON AFFINITY; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; NAPHTHALENE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

BASIS SETS; ELECTRON AFFINITIES;

SET THEORY;

EID: 50849125121     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2967182     Document Type: Article

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